TikTok stars Blake Gray and Bryce Hall charged with misdemeanors for huge pandemic parties in L.A.
Blake Gray and Bryce Hall, two stars of social video app TikTok, have been charged with misdemeanors after they held two large Hollywood house parties in defiance of local health orders, says the Los Angeles city attorney.
Couldn't happen to two bigger jerks.
Mayor Eric Garcetti famously shut off their power to stop the partying. The douchey duo face maximum sentences that include up to a year in jail.
From the Associated Press:
"If you have a combined 19 million followers on TikTok in the middle of a public health crisis, you should be modeling great behavior, best practices, for all of us, rather than brazenly violating the law and posting videos about it," Feuer said during a news conference Friday.
Hall and Gray are accused of violating the city's pandemic health order and a party house ordinance. Penalties include a year in jail and up to $2,000 in fines. The Aug. 14 party was reportedly to celebrate Hall's 21st birthday.
Mayor Eric Garcetti last week authorized the city to shut off water and power to the home. "Despite several warnings, this house has turned into a nightclub in the hills," Garcetti said. With bars closed in town, large house parties can become "superspreaders" of COVID-19, Garcetti said.
Read more at AP.
TikTok stars charged with misdemeanors for Hollywood parties - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/1HfIxQvANg
- Hector Becerra (@hbecerraLATimes) August 28, 2020
TikTok Stars Bryce Hall, Blake Gray Charged for Huge L.A. House Party https://t.co/CT1Mv2QqbH
- TMZ (@TMZ) August 28, 2020
UPDATE: TikTok stars Bryce Hall, Blake Gray were criminally charged Friday with defying coronavirus health orders and throwing massive parties at their Hollywood Hills home, prompting Mayor Garcetti to shut off their power. They face up to a year in jail. https://t.co/rjxXbvZZr4 pic.twitter.com/KwNF8P41al
- CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) August 28, 2020